HON. ICHIE KEN AGBIM (KSM)

Ichie Ken Agbim is the Member representing AhiazuMbaise State Constituency in Imo State House of Assembly and the Minority Leader of the House.

He was born March 1970 to the family of Ichie&MrsStanilousAgbim of OgborIhitteaforukwu in AhiazuMbaise in Imo State.

He attended St. Charles Primary School OgborIhitteaforukwuAhiazuMbaise and AnsarUdeen Primary School Sabo Ile Ife Osun State in 1982 and then proceeded to attend Secondary Technical School Umuezegwu and Boy’s Secondary School Umualumaku Ehime Mbano LGA where he completed his secondary School education in 1988

He later gained admission into University of Nigeria Nsukka in 1990 and graduated in 1995 from the Department of Mass Communications with second class upper degree.

As an undergraduate he contested and won leadership positions such as the Financial Secretary Mass Communications Students’ Association UNN 1992 to ‘93, Financial Secretary Ekwerazu Student’s Union, UNN chapter 1992 to ‘93, President Ekwerazu Students’ Union 1993 to ‘94 and later emerged unopposed as the Director of Socials, University of Nigeria, NsukkaStudents Union 1993 to ‘95. He was also a founding member Niger Committee of Friends (NICOF), an umbrella body formed to protect the rights and privileges of Eastern Nigerian students all over Nigeria and to imbue leadership qualities into the youths of South East and South South zones of Nigeria in Nigerian Universities.

ICHIE KEN AGBIM THE CAREER MAN

Hon. Ken Agbim did his National Youths Services with BTAS Communication Ltd, Adeniyi Jones Ikeja, Lagos 1995 to ’96 and was retained as a full staff due to hard work and dedication to duty.

His professional career further took him to other famed organizations including Richland Communications, Meryt Advertising and SO&U Satachi&Satchi where he rose to the position of an Account Director in 2003.

The same year he joined GlaxoSmithKline Nigeria Plc as a Senior Brand Manager in the Marketing Department were he was saddled with the responsibility of managing Lucozade the company’s biggest consumer brand.

He managed this brand successfully for 4 years and took it from a brand valued at about N800m (Eight hundred million naira) to N4.7B (Four billion Seven Hundred Million) in four years and in the process he was given the award of the BEST BRAND MANAGER in the company in 2005. He was also sent on 3 months attachment to the head of office of GSK in Brenthforth London in 2006 as another means of rewarding his hard work and excellence.

Hon. Agbim also worked as Head of Marketing English Speaking West Africa Novartis Pharmaceuticals AG 2008, Marketing Manager Chi Pharmaceuticals Ltd Makers of Chivita and Chivera Health drinks 2009 to 2010  and Head of Marketing Brightstar Telecoms Solutions 2011 to 2012.

He is a member of various professional bodies such Nigerian Institute of Marketing (NIM), Advertising Practitioners Council of Nigeria (APCON) Nigeria Institute of Public Relations (NIPR) and Electronic Media Content owners Association of Nigeria (EMCOAN)

CAREER

In 2008, Ichie Ken Agbim set up his own company called Boom Productions Ltd.

The company’s interests include Radio and Television content development, events management, show promotions and consultancy services, with clients ranging from UAC Nigeria, Guinness Nigeria Plc, Honeywell Group and Dangote Flour Mills, etc.

POLITICS

Hon. Ken Agbim started his political journey early in life, however, he ventured into party politics in 2007. By 2015 he contested under the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and won the seat to represent AhiazuMbaise local government area in Imo State House of Assembly; inaugurated June 11, 2015.

Within the span of the 8th Assembly, he has sponsored motions and bills with transforming relevance to the lives of the Imo State people, including A bill for a Law to Prohibit Extortion of Land Developers, Contractors working at Land Sites and Operators of Business, Premises and Others Matters Incidental Thereto.  And A Motion to Urge the Imo State Chief Judge to Assign A Judge to High Court AhiazuMbaise.

He has been Chairman, House Committee on Public Utilities and Rural Development. And also member of other committees including; Finance, Owerri Capital Development Authority (OCDA), among others.

Hon. Ichie Ken Agbim is the minority Leader Imo State House of Assembly.